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Recent Awards and Honors

June 22, 2009

Faculty

University Awards

  • Thomas Reardon received the 2009 MSU University Distinguished Faculty Award.
  • Jake Ferris received the MSU 2008-2009 Faculty Emeriti Association Award for Outstanding Contributions by an Individual.
  • Lester Manderscheid received the MSU 2007-2008 Faculty Emeriti Association Award for Outstanding Contributions by an Individual.

Awards Granted by Professional Societies and Other Organizations

  • Vera Bitsch received the 2008 AAEA Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Awards, Individual-Less Than Ten Years’ Experience.
  • Frank Lupi et al were awarded the 2008 AAEA Outstanding Poster Presentations, 2nd place.
  • Abdullahi Abdulkadri received the Best Publication Award, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of the West Indies.
  • Richard Bernsten, Frank Lupi, Patricia Norris received the Outstanding Scientific Paper Award (co-recipient), National Academy of Sciences and Technology, Philippines.
  • Hamish Gow received the Best Paper (Communications) for Micheels and Gow (2008), International Food and Agribusiness Management Association.
  • Jinhua Zhao was a Winner, Research Paper Competition, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements.

Departmental Awards

  • Roy Black was awarded the 2008 Excellence in Extension/Outreach Award.
  • John Staatz was awarded the 2008 Excellence in Teaching Award.
  • Scott Swinton was awarded the 2008 Outstanding Research Award.

Graduate Students

  • Nigel Griswold received the National Center for Smart Growth 2006 best MS thesis award for his work, entitled "The Impacts of Tax Foreclosed Properties and Fund Bank Programs on Residential Property Values in Flint, Michigan."
  • Denys Nizalov was awarded honorable mention for best dissertation in 2006 by Regional Science Association International.
  • Eric Burham Bailey has won the Homer Higbee International Education award. Bailey is the founder and was the first president of the Caribbean Students Association, and he currently serves as the president of the University’s International Students Association. (April 4, 2007)
  • Cristobal A. Aguilar - Departmental Best MS Thesis Award for 2006. "Trade Analysis of Specific Agri-Food Commodities Using a Gravity Model". Major Professor: Suzanne Thornsbury.
  • Lesiba Elias Bopape - Departmental Best PhD. Thesis Award for 2006. "The Influence of Demand Model Selection on Household Welfare Estimates: An Application to South African Food Expenditures". Major Professor: Robert Myers.
  • Rui Benfica, now the chief poverty economist for the World Bank in Maputo, Mozambique, was recognized during the MSU 2007 International Awards Ceremony on March 21. He received the Gill-Chin Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Global Studies for his dissertation analyzing the income poverty effects in cash cropping economics in Mozambique. Dr. David Tschirley, professor of international development in the Department of Agricultural Economics, was his major professor.

Undergraduate Students

  • Shiva Thompson - Academic Achievement in Food Industry Management
  • Bradford Curtis - Academic Achievement in Agribusiness Management
  • Ryan Hohler - Academic Achievement in Enivronmental Economics and Policy
  • Charles Pountney - Outstanding Senior in Food Industry Management
  • Erin Koglin - Outstanding Senior in Agribusiness Management
  • Kaitlyn Macdonald - Outstanding Senior in Enivronmental Economics and Policy